National UK law firm Stone King has appointed Jas Bassi as its inaugural IT director, marking a significant milestone in the firm’s continued investment in technology, digital transformation and information […]
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Kalshi Takes State-Law Preemption Fight to the Second Circuit
Kalshi has opened a new appellate front in the fast-developing fight over prediction-market regulation, asking the Second Circuit to review a New York federal court decision that refused to shield the company from state gaming-law enforcement. The appeal raises a central question for event-contract platforms: when a federally regulated derivatives product looks like wagering to state officials, which legal regime…
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LTA Just-In-Time: Cosmo Quiz Energy Meets Legal Ops Self-Awareness
From : Blog Entry >> Stephanie’s Blog EntryPlease enjoy this feature quiz created by Stephanie Carty, Senior Practice Manager, McCarter & English. Think you may be burned out? Take this seven-question quiz to find out! Working in legal operations is a lot. You’re juggling technology, vendors, process improvement, and attorney demands all while trying to carve out something resembling…
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Judicial Conference Presses Congress for More Judges as Federal Court Funding Tightens
The federal judiciary is signaling that two pressures are converging: too few judges and too little money. In its latest policy action, the Judicial Conference of the United States warned that funding shortfalls could worsen and urged Congress to authorize additional district and appellate judgeships. For lawyers and court users, that is more than an institutional budget debate—it is a…
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LegalTechTalk acquired by the events company it modelled itself on
“Shoptalk is the event I’ve talked about many times and the one I spoke about when we first started,” says Bradley Collins, founder of LegalTechTalk, which has been acquired by events company Hyve Group. Shoptalk – a series of events for retailers – is just one of […]
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Oz Benamram joins Pillsbury as chief AI officer
Oz Benamram has officially joined Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman as chief AI officer. Benamram is one of the legaltech industry’s best-known names, having advised law firm leaders, legaltech companies, and […]
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Whither The Court Reporters?
It goes without saying that our court reporting systems is in crisis. There is a shortage of qualified reporters, on the one hand, and a demand to use technology to create transcripts cheaper and faster on the other. Perhaps we need new ways of thinking about the role to preserve the value court reporters bring. Here is my piece for…
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Suited Announces Launch of Lateral Hiring Platform
The platform leverages generative AI as well as market and behavioral data to narrow prospects for professionals and law firms looking to fill lateral roles.
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Centari Launches External Views, Enabling Firms to Share Deal Intelligence Dashboards Directly with Clients
Centari, an AI platform for managing complex transactions, today launched External Views, a capability that allows law firms to create white-labeled dashboards and share them directly with clients.
The feature builds on Centari’s Views capability, introduced earlier this year, which enables firms to analyze transaction trends, benchmark market positions, and visualize deal data across their practices. External Views…
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AI liability clarified? UKJT says existing English Law provides the answer
The UK Jurisdiction Taskforce (UKJT) – an industry-led initiative created by LawtechUK – has this week published a Legal Statement on Liability for AI Harms, which finds that professionals may […]
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SEC’s New Retail Fraud Group Signals a Sharper Focus on Main Street Investor Cases
The SEC has announced a new Retail Fraud Group within the Division of Enforcement, a structural change that offers an unusually clear signal about where the agency expects to devote investigative and prosecutorial resources in the near term. The group is designed to target fraud affecting everyday investors, including the kinds of schemes that often arise through digital marketing, affinity-based…
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The Inside View: From infrastructure to AI – How Shoosmiths is preparing for 2030
In this latest episode of the Inside View podcast, Legal IT Insider’s editor Caroline Hill sits down with Shoosmiths’ chief operating officer Rachel Reid and director of IS Dawn Faulkner […]
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Pitch-Perfect Preparation: How Law Firms Can Adopt Winning World Cup Training Strategies
The 2026 World Cup will produce another champion this month. But the team that lifts the trophy will not necessarily be the most talented; rather, it will be the best prepared. The law firms that win the future will do it the same way: on preparation, not talent.
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Third Circuit Issues Precedential Opinion in Appeal No. 25-1545
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a precedential opinion on June 30, 2026, in appeal No. 25-1545, signaling that the panel intended its ruling to guide future litigants and district courts within the circuit. Because the opinion is designated precedential, practitioners should treat it as binding circuit authority unless and until it is limited by a…
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Supreme Court Spares Fed Governor Lisa Cook, Even as It Broadens Removal Power Elsewhere
In one of the most closely watched separation-of-powers developments of the Supreme Court’s recent term, the Court declined—for now—to let President Trump remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, signaling that the Federal Reserve may occupy a different constitutional space than other independent agencies. The move stands out all the more because the Court’s broader rulings this term generally expanded presidential…
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